St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-31
TO JOG TINS MEMORY.
How the Prosecution Pumped
Tim in Jail


Tim in Jail.
Robert jameson, the assistant prose-
cutor, testified:
Il saw Peter Barrett at the police
station. | went to the station and found
Peter Barrett, Michael Hoy, Detectives
Hankinson and Howard and humber
of policemen. l told the officers, to take
Peter into an Office ROOM" rs
Hold OH, MI. Davis" said Mr..
Erwin,1 j wouldllike to cross'eXainine
Mr.. Jameson about this testimony"
What was the defendant under ar
rest for at this timer asked Mr.. Erwin.
HE was under arrest for this crime"
Ibid you ask him any Questions?"
Il did"
GLOW long were you and these Off
GERS around him?"
About an hour"
Ibid you question him%'
Il did"
What right had you to question
prisoner while under arreSt?'
Il thought / had that right
"Were all the persons there officers of
some kind?''
Yes sir, there was one police COM
missioner and the rest were police
officers or detectives"
WAS he piled with questiOns?"
''IIe was
Ibid lie answer readily?"
mo, sir; sometimes lie would not an
swer.'
You continued to ply him with ques-
tiOns?"
Yes, SIR
''You told him a mob was after him?"
''He asked why he was taken off the
train and run up there and we told him
the street-car drivers were determined
lot of men. and that if he had gone to
the depot that he might have received
warm reception"
''You led him to believe that mob
was at the depot?''
''YeS. sir"
what did you say to him?'
II told him that he was the boy of the
party, and that we looked to him for a
confession"
"You all urged him to confess?"
IL guess So"
"Were you there all the time?"
mo, sir, l was not there all the
time"
Are you an examining magistrate
mo. sir"
''You are prosecuting Officer?"
Yes, SIR
Mr.. Erwin objected TO the admissions
of the prisoner, which were made
while in duress or that were drawn
from him by threats being used against
him and made TO persons in authority,
and cited a number of authorities on
this point. but the objection was over
ruled, as usual.
Did YOU hear Peter Barrett testify
about the intOXicatiOn of the officers at
this timer asked Mr.. Davis.
Il did,
"Was it true?"
That was lie."
Ibid he not say that he and Timothy
went to the Boston fire, and that they
then started towards home on foot??"
"YeS"
IBID he say that when he and Tim
got to the house that it was after 12
O'clOck?' g.
Yes 80
''He said he staid around up stairs,
meaning $3.50 Fort street, for some time
after getting hOme?" )ig
Yes fl
''Did he not say when they started
out that night that Tim had a pistol
with him which he took from man
that he held up one night?"
Yes, he stated that in substance"
did he say it was a 3S-caliber re-
volver with his initials Oh the hanale?"
Yes"
Did he not say that Henry had also a
revolver that night?"
Yes, Sir"
did he not say that Henry gave it to
him after the murder?''
Yes
''Did he say that he heard two shots
that night while at the hOuse?''
"Yes. he stated that"
"Did he say that Henry gave him his
cane and that he threw it away?"
Yes"
''Did he say he was with Tim the
night they held up the man from whom
they got the revolver"
"He said that in substance"
''Did he say that his lawyer said he
was not to answer any questions, but to
tell the detectives to go to hip"
''Yes. sir, remember the time we in
terviewed Tim, we mad a stenographer
there at the time; he sat behind Tim"
'What time was this?" asked Mr.. En-
win.
II don't know whether it was in the
forenoon or afternoon"
Ibid Timothy send for yOu?'